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Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin recently commented on the media firestorm surrounding the recent failed drug tests of pound-for-pound great and one-time Octagon adversary Anderson Silva. The Spider was given a temporary suspension by the Nevada Athletic Commission in a February hearing and will face further discipline at a commission meeting later this month. Franklin, who lost his title in lopsided fashion to Silva at UFC 64, told Submission Radio that the positive tests overshad read news >>

Two years ago today, two heavy hitters stepped on to hallowed ground at Saitama Super Arena. No one knew it at the time, but it was likely the last time either would ever step foot in the octagon.Filed under: News, UFC read news >>

Roy Jones Jr. hasn't spoken to Anderson Silva since the news broke that Silva failed two drug tests. He doesn't know for sure if Silva took performance-enhancing drugs. But if "The Spider" did use like the tests said, Jones Jr. kind of understands -- especially considering the gruesome broken leg Silva was attempting to overcome. "People don't understand that when you have injuries like that, it's a very difficult thing to come back from," Jones Jr. told Ariel Helwani on Monday's edition of The read news >>

And fortunately for Cat Zingano, she is still considered the next best women's bantamweight after Ronda Rousey despite her quick loss to "Rowdy." The official Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) rankings have been updated following UFC 184, which went down this past weekend (Sat., Feb. 28, 2015) inside Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. For complete "Rousey vs. Zingano " results and play-by-play click here. Holly Holm made the biggest jump of the week, as she cracked the top 10 after de read news >>

Friends don't call each other cheaters. "When you go through a situation like he's gone through, there's a lot of medical people that are gonna advise you to do this or that to heal yourself. I'll never look at Anderson [Silva] as a cheater. What he's been able to accomplish throughout his career is just unbelievable. He's still a guy I admire and look up to tremendously and I'm pulling for him to just get through all this and continue being the champion that he's been." When Ultimate Fighting C read news >>

UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones explains why he does not consider the former middleweight kingpin a cheater. Last month, former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva sent shockwaves throughout the MMA community when it was revealed by the Nevada Athletic Commission that he had tested positive for performance enhancing drugs in his UFC 183 out-of-competition test. It was later confirmed that Silva tested positive for Oxazepam, Temazepam, and drostanolone metabolites in his post-fight read news >>

Anderson Silva will reportedly claim that his recently failed drug tests were the result of performance-enhancing drugs he used to aid his recovery from a broken leg.Filed under: News, UFC read news >>

LOS ANGELES -- When Anderson Silva beat Nick Diaz last month at UFC 183, Silva jumped out of the Octagon and greeted Jon Jones in celebration. Jones, the UFC light heavyweight champion, doesn't think anything differently about his friend now despite Silva's testing positive for steroid metabolites in drug tests before and after the Diaz fight. Jones said during a fan Q&A session during the UFC's Welcome to the Show press conference at LA Live on Saturday that he doesn't know the whole story abou read news >>

With Ronda Rousey’s win over Cat Zingano in the main event of UFC 184, she has once again shown an amazing ability to dominate the best that her division has to offer.Filed under: News, UFC read news >>

News that former UFC middleweight champion and possibly the greatest mixed martial artist of all time Anderson Silva had failed multiple drug tests surrounding his UFC 183 bout with Nick Diaz shook the entire sport to its core. But while "The Spider" initially claimed ignorance in relation to the flags, he is changing his tune. According to Brazilian news site UOL (via UFC.com), Silva is planning to admit to his use of banned substances at his hearing with the Nevada State Athletic Commission. A read news >>

A report coming out of Brazil's Universo Online says that former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva will admit to his PED use next month at a NAC hearing. Former UFC middleweight champion and MMA legend Anderson Silva has been denying any usage of PEDs after he tested positive for banned substances in his out-of-competition and post-fight drug tests for his UFC 183 main event against Nick Diaz. With the next Nevada Athletic Commission hearing looming, Brazilian media site UOL reports that read news >>